1a. Describe normal weight gain for an infant in the first year of life.
1b. Are there any normal variations?
2. List some reasons why an otherwise normal looking infant may not be taking in sufficient calories to gain weight normally.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
a. A serial evaluation of growth is helpful when assessing for failure to thrive.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
b. Urinary tract infection is an unlikely cause of organic failure to thrive if there is no history of fever.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
c. Infants from 2 weeks to 3 months age need evaluation if their weight gain is less than 20 grams a day.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
d. Infants who are preterm or small for gestational generally catch up in terms of growth by one year of age.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
e. There is no role for hospital admission in the management of failure to thrive in a child.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
f. Coeliac disease may present with failure to thrive that dates back to the time of weaning onto solid food.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
g. Failure to thrive may be a manifestation of severe emotional neglect in a baby.
3. TRUE/FALSE regarding failure to thrive?
h. Failure to thrive in the first year of life is a benign self resolving condition.